(48) 1. THIARD DE BISSY, Henri-Pons de (1657-1737)
Birth. May 25, 1657, Besançon, France.
Education. Obtained a doctorate in theology in Paris. (No further educational information found).
Priesthood. Ordained (no information found).
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Toul, March 10, 1692. Consecrated (no information found). Declined the nomination to the metropolitan see of Bordeaux, 1698. Transferred to the see of Meaux, February 9, 1705. Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Près, 1714. Abbot commendatario of Trois-Fontaines.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal priest in the consistory of May 29, 1715. Participated in the conclave of 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII. Received the red hat and the title of Ss. Quirico e Giulitta, June 16, 1721. Commander of the Order of Saint-Esprit, 1724. Participated in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII. Opted for the title of S. Bernardo alle Terme, August 14, 1730. Apostolic commissary for the reform of the Order of St. Benedict of Cluny, August 24, 1730. Headed the anti-Jansenist party.
Death. July 26, 1737, Saint-Germain-des-Pres. Exposed and buried in the cathedral of Meaux, next to the tomb of Bishop Jacques-Benigne Bossuet, in the tomb he had built for the bishops of the diocese.
(49) 2. CARACCIOLO, iuniore, Innico (1642-1730)
Birth. July 9, 1642, Castle of Martini, in the fief of his family, archdiocese of Taranto (1). His last name is also listed as Carracciolo. Son of the duke of Martina. Nephew of Cardinal Innico Caracciolo, seniore (1666), on his mother's side, who was of the family branch of Airola. Other cardinals of the family were Marino Ascanio Carraciolo (1535); Niccolò Caracciolo (1715); Giovanni Costanzo Caracciolo (1759); Diego Innico Caracciolo (1800); and Filippo Giudice Caracciolo, Orat. (1833).
Education. La Sapienza University, Rome (doctorate in utroque iure, both canon and civil law, June 9, 1677).
Early life. Inquisitor in Malta, April 30, 1683. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature of Justice and of Grace. Secretary of the S.C. of Regular Discipline in the pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII. Primicerius of the church of S. Spirito in Sassia, Rome. Secretary of the Apostolic Visit, February 10, 1690; confirmed in this post, January 12, 1693. Received the subdiaconate. Declined the election to the metropolitan see of Capua proposed by Pope Innocent XI.
Episcopate. Elected bishop of Aversa, with dispensation for only having received the subdiaconate, February 25, 1697 (2). Consecrated, March 24, 1697, Rome, by Cardinal Galeazzo Marescotti. Assistant at the Pontifical Throne, May 16, 1697.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of May 29, 1715; published in the consistory of December 16, 1715; received the red hat and the title of S. Tommaso in Parione, March 30, 1716. Participated in the conclave of 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII.
Death. September 6, 1730, in the monastery of Sant'Agata ai Monti, Rome. Transferred to the church of that monastery on the evening; the vigil was sung the following day; transferred to the church of S. Maria della Vittoria, Rome, on the evening of September 8, 1730, and buried there. Later, translated to the cathedral of Aversa and buried in the chapel of the Santissimo Sacramento, which he had built.
Bibliography. Notizie per l'anno 1721. Rome : Nella Stamperia de Gio. Francesco Chracas, presso S. Marco al Corso, 1721, p. 121-122; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen V (1667-1730). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, pp. 30, 52 and 109.
Link. His engraving by an anonymous artist.
(1) Other sources give Martina Franca as his birthplace.
(2) This is according to Ritzler, Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi, V, 109. Notizie per l'anno 1721, p. 122, says that he was elected on February 23, 1697.
(50) 3. SCOTTI, Bernardino (1656-1726)
Birth. October 6, 1656, Milan (1). Of the counts Scotti.
Education. Studied law. (No further educational information found).
Early life. Entered the lawyer's college of Milan, 1680. Provided with the abbeys of S. Giovanni al deserto and of S. Gottardo di Modoezia. Moved to Rome and became consistorial lawyer in charge of the causes of the saints. Auditor of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni in the pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII. Relator of the S.C. of the Sacred Consulta. Prefect of Waters. Referendary of the Tribunals of the Apostolic Signature, retaining the post of consistorial lawyer, November 18, 1689. Auditor of the Sacred Roman Rota, 1694. Consultor of the SS.CC. of Rites and of Religious Immunity. Datary of Cardinal Francesco Berberini, 1702. Datary of Cardinal Giuseppe Renato Imperiali, 1711. Governor of Rome and vice-camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church, December 10, 1711 until December 16, 1715; pro-governor until June 23, 1717.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of May 29, 1715; published in the consistory of December 16, 1715. Granted dispensation for not having received the minor orders at the moment of his cardinalitial creation, December 16, 1715. Received the red hat and the title of S. Pietro in Montorio, Februaty 5, 1716. Pro-prefect of the Tribunal of the Signature of Justice, June 21, 1717. Resigned pro-governorship, June 26, 1717. Received the subdiaconate, October 24, 1717; diaconate, October 28, 1717.
Priesthood. Ordained, October 31, 1717. Prefect of the Tribunal of the Apostolic Signature of Justice, November 26, 1718. Participated in the conclave of 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII. Camerlengo of the Sacred College of Cardinals, January 20, 1723 until January 12, 1724. Participated in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII. Died on his return from a trip to the Shrine of Our Lady of Loreto.
Death. November 16, 1726, in his Roman palace, near the church of S. Tommaso degli Angeli. Transferred to the church of Ss. Carlo e Ambrogio, dei Lombardi, Rome; on November 18, 1726; the capella papalis took place the following day, and was buried in that same church, near the lateral door.
Bibliography. Notizie per l'anno 1721. Rome : Nella Stamperia de Gio. Francesco Chracas, presso S. Marco al Corso, 1721, p. 122; Ritzler, Remigium, and Pirminum Sefrin. Hierarchia Catholica Medii et Recientoris Aevi. Volumen V (1667-1730). Patavii : Typis et Sumptibus Domus Editorialis "Il Messaggero di S. Antonio" apud Basilicam S. Antonii, 1952, pp. 30 and 49.
Link. His engraving by an anonymous artist.
(1) Other sources give October 6 and October 12, 1656 as his date of birth.
(51) 4. MARINI, Carlo Maria (1677-1747)
Birth. March 13, 1667, Genoa. Of a noble family.
Education. University of Turin, Turin.
Early life. After traveling throughout Europe, settled in Rome. Bought, in the pontificate of Pope Innocent XI, according the custom of the time, a post of cleric of the Apostolic Chamber; and in the pontificate of Pope Alexander VIII, of auditor of the chamber. The custom was later abolished by Pope Innocent XII, who returned the money to the buyers and let him go. Prefect of the Cubiculi of His Holiness Clement XI.
Cardinalate. Created cardinal and reserved in pectore in the consistory of May 29, 1715; published in the consistory of December 16, 1715; received the red hat and the deaconry of S. Maria in Aquiro, February 5, 1716. Granted dispensation for not having received minor orders at the moment of his cardinalitial promotion, December 16, 1715. Granted dispensation to receive the sacred orders outside of Ember days and without time intervals between them, August 19, 1719. Did not participate in the conclave of 1721, which elected Pope Innocent XIII. Participated in the conclave of 1724, which elected Pope Benedict XIII. Prefect of the S.C. of Rites and legate in Romagna, September 11, 1726. Participated in the conclave of 1730, which elected Pope Clement XII. Opted for the deaconry of Ss. Vito e Modesto, June 23, 1738. Legate in Romagna, again, July 15, 1739. Opted for the deaconry of S. Agata in Suburra, July 15, 1739. Granted faculties to receive the subdiaconate, diaconate and presbyterate outside of Ember days and without time intervals between them, January 16, 1740. Participated in the conclave of 1740, which elected Pope Benedict XIV. Opted for the deaconry of S. Maria in Via Lata, proper of the cardinal protodiacono, August 7, 1741. Legate in Urbino, September 19, 1746.
Death. January 16, 1747, Genoa. Buried in the church of the Santissima Annunziata, commonly known as del Vastato, of the Franciscans Observant.
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